>>> On 2/27/2010 at 8:13 AM, in message <listserv%201002270913195378.0...@bama.ua.edu>, Eric Bielefeld <eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > I'm curious. How much more does z/OS cost than z/VSE? An > approximate percentage is good enough.
I have no idea. I'm just an apps guy. > What are your reasons for converting? It sounds like from the way you > worded your comment below that z/VSE doesn't have some restrictions > that z/OS does, although I may have misread your comments. In my opinion only. I could list probably 20 things I miss from VSE. But I don't want to bore everyone. The main reason we are converting, as far as I can tell, is that z/OS is just better supported, but by IBM and by ISVs. I don't think anyone here is unhappy with how VSE works. Again, don't get me wrong, z/OS has a lot of good stuff. But it seems to be missing some things that I have found to be very useful on VSE. > I did a conversion back in 1985 from DOS to MVS 1.3.6. I think it took > alomost as long to convert from DOS to MVS as it did to get off of the > mainframe 4 years ago. In 1985, we ran 5 DOS guests under VM. We've been working on it since, I think, late 2008. Conversion date is scheduled for the end of May this year. Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
